The director and producer superstar team of performance capture 3D film The Adventures of Tintin have offered their thoughts on Ubisoft’s game tie-in. Verdict: they’re impressed – check the video for more.

Stuart Beattie has been shopping around his Halo: Fall of Reach script and according to a report over on IESB, none other than Steven Spielberg has his eyes on it. According to the the site: “IESB has learned exclusively (believe me this is solid and I’ve confirmed it three times over with studio executives and […]

According to Ubisoft’s Maxime Bernard, when Steven Spielberg was at E3 he mentioned that he gets some of his ideas from games like Splinter Cell. “He had an entourage… and he said to his friend ‘it gives us a lot of ideas, it’s very inspiring’” Bernard told OXM. “I was thinking, like, wow. If we […]

EA has put any rumour of Spielberg title, LMNO (pronounced Elemental), being canned to rest by informing Kotaku that the project “continues to develop at EALA with Steven,” and that it isn’t referred to as LMNO any more. “The rumor is incorrect. EA remains deeply committed to its collaboration with Steven Spielberg and projects we […]

Steven Spielberg has told the BBC that everything he’s working on with EA is now in the bin. Why? Because now he’s got Natal. “I’m currently making videogames through EA, and right now I’m so excited to be able to write for [Natal],” he said, talking alongside MS entertainment boss Don Mattrick after the Microsoft […]

Steven Speilberg’s predicted that games consoles will “someday” cease to exist. Speaking to The Guardian, the director said that, just like the old “videogame parlours”, consoles and other gaming equipment will go “the way of the Dodo bird”. “Now we’re all playing at home and someday we’ll be playing directly on our TV sets, bypassing […]

Steven Spielberg’s kicking himself. Had he not bailed on Medal of Honor’s development and sold DWI to EA in 2000, he’d be rich by now. Oh. “The smartest and dumbest thing I ever did was to sell my company to EA,” the bespectacled movie oligarch told Reuters. “Medal of Honor was almost done and we […]

Despite the fact the second Boom Blox game, Bash Party, still hasn’t released, Steven Spielberg’s already talking up a third title. “You can become a creator at home,” the media giant told Reuters. “You can become a participant and you can become an activist. It’s a really wonderful way to empower players to share their […]

More blox bashing madness is in store for Wii owners this spring, with Steven Spielberg’s sequel to his first foray into video game development, Boom Blox, arriving in the form of Boom Blox Bash Party. Details on the title are under embargo until later this month, but at least you get to take a peek […]

Boom Blox 2, now officially titled Boom Blox Bash Party, will release this spring for Wii. The Spielberg-EA puzzle collaboration “promises increased multiplayer action and more than 400 new levels that take players from under water into outer space,” according to this Reuters story. “Boom Blox Bash Party is a wild social gaming experience,” Spielberg […]

The director and producer superstar team of performance capture 3D film The Adventures of Tintin have offered their thoughts on Ubisoft’s game tie-in. Verdict: they’re impressed – check the video for more.

Stuart Beattie has been shopping around his Halo: Fall of Reach script and according to a report over on IESB, none other than Steven Spielberg has his eyes on it. According to the the site: “IESB has learned exclusively (believe me this is solid and I’ve confirmed it three times over with studio executives and […]

According to Ubisoft’s Maxime Bernard, when Steven Spielberg was at E3 he mentioned that he gets some of his ideas from games like Splinter Cell. “He had an entourage… and he said to his friend ‘it gives us a lot of ideas, it’s very inspiring’” Bernard told OXM. “I was thinking, like, wow. If we […]

EA has put any rumour of Spielberg title, LMNO (pronounced Elemental), being canned to rest by informing Kotaku that the project “continues to develop at EALA with Steven,” and that it isn’t referred to as LMNO any more. “The rumor is incorrect. EA remains deeply committed to its collaboration with Steven Spielberg and projects we […]

Steven Spielberg has told the BBC that everything he’s working on with EA is now in the bin. Why? Because now he’s got Natal. “I’m currently making videogames through EA, and right now I’m so excited to be able to write for [Natal],” he said, talking alongside MS entertainment boss Don Mattrick after the Microsoft […]

Steven Speilberg’s predicted that games consoles will “someday” cease to exist. Speaking to The Guardian, the director said that, just like the old “videogame parlours”, consoles and other gaming equipment will go “the way of the Dodo bird”. “Now we’re all playing at home and someday we’ll be playing directly on our TV sets, bypassing […]

Steven Spielberg’s kicking himself. Had he not bailed on Medal of Honor’s development and sold DWI to EA in 2000, he’d be rich by now. Oh. “The smartest and dumbest thing I ever did was to sell my company to EA,” the bespectacled movie oligarch told Reuters. “Medal of Honor was almost done and we […]

Despite the fact the second Boom Blox game, Bash Party, still hasn’t released, Steven Spielberg’s already talking up a third title. “You can become a creator at home,” the media giant told Reuters. “You can become a participant and you can become an activist. It’s a really wonderful way to empower players to share their […]

More blox bashing madness is in store for Wii owners this spring, with Steven Spielberg’s sequel to his first foray into video game development, Boom Blox, arriving in the form of Boom Blox Bash Party. Details on the title are under embargo until later this month, but at least you get to take a peek […]

Boom Blox 2, now officially titled Boom Blox Bash Party, will release this spring for Wii. The Spielberg-EA puzzle collaboration “promises increased multiplayer action and more than 400 new levels that take players from under water into outer space,” according to this Reuters story. “Boom Blox Bash Party is a wild social gaming experience,” Spielberg […]

EA has refused to confirm or deny whether or not the majority of the LMNO team was laid off last week. The company has clarified its noncommittal position by saying it isn’t detailing where staff cuts are to be made in the wake of the announcement of a 6 percent reduction in its workforce, confirmed […]

EA has just confirmed to VG247 that Steven Spielberg’s LMNO is still in production. “Development of LMNO continues at EALA under the creative leadership of Doug Church (Creative Director) and Lou Castle (Executive Producer),” said the firm in a statement. It was rumoured this morning that the majority of the team had been laid off […]

Update: EA’s just confirmed that the game’s still in production. VG247 has learnt from an EA employee that the majority of the LMNO team has been laid off at EALA. LMNO was the codename for the “ultra-real” Spielberg game being worked on at the studio. The fate of the game itself is unclear: we’ve been […]

Colour us shocked. Joystiq’s reporting that the Boom Blox head-tracking feature – that was supposedly going to allow players to move the game’s camera with head movements – has been pulled. From the site: At the Nintendo Media Summit, Boom Blox senior producer Amir Rahimi confirmed that the final version of the game will lack […]

He probably doesn’t really, but this is a good quote nonetheless. “Spielberg gets sloppy,” said Boll, on the subject of his new movie, an adaptation of Postal. “We saw that with War of the Worlds (why the f**k the older brother survived?) and also in parts of Jaws, E.T., Munich etc.! My performance in Postal […]

Here. Worth a look. Those in the know are going nuts for Spielberg’s Wii title, so it’s worth keeping on your radar until we know otherwise, at least. This piece includes the words “fascinating”, “creative genius” and “I loved what I played”. Go have a read.

It says so here. In his GDC session, Louis Castle, producer of Spielberg game Boom Blox, said by using two Wiimotes it’s possible to control the camera with your head. He was also keen to point out that the “feature” was an easter egg and not something EA was planning on promoting. Which sounds sensible […]

Hot on the heels of the announcement of BOOM BLOX, the firts game to arrive from the Spielberg-EA partnership, comes an interview with the title’s creator, Louis Castle. Louis reckon’s Stevie’s just a regular guy. “It’s a great relationship,” he said. “He’s out at the office usually weekly, the only time he’s not around is […]

EA just confirmed the first game to arrive from its partnership with Steven Spielberg is BOOM BLOX, a 300-level puzzle game for Wii. “I am a gamer myself, and I really wanted to create a video game that I could play with my kids,” said Steven Spielberg. “BOOM BLOX features an enormous amount of fun […]